I've been collecting frame instructions and making a big book for myself. For lxf/ldd files, I've been rendering them down and editing them into concise 4-8 page PDFs. It's a... time-consuming project. But I enjoy this kinda stuff. At first I was doing this for myself, to make cool stuff and learn new techniques, but now that it's reached over 65 unique frames and nearly 400 pages, it occurs to me that this book is kinda awesome and a useful resource for the forums. It will be available for download soon!

UPDATE: I've been really busy lately but I've finally got some time off! This project will be finished within two weeks- I'll just release what I have done at that point.

The Current List of Compiled Frame Instructions:Updated 07/13/14Anaconda by MittenNinjaAnkole AGM-23 by A Yates IndustrialsAnne G26 S1 by edutyAnne G26 S4 by edutyAnvil by Pippi ShortstackBetty G17 by edutyBetty Sue G29 by edutyBetty Sue G29_S2 with excessive guns by edutyCharger by GobbleoneCharlotte G23 by edutyChub Variant: Fat Snake ST-08 by Soren RobertsChub Variant: Super Chub by HatRabiesChub Variant: Flying Theo Chub by FlakManiacConscript by Soren RobertsConvict by XGundam05Copperhead by MittenNinjaCraterCorp Heavy Mech by MalcolmCraigDead Man Walker by ScrapeGecko by RoboslobGolem by DRevDGrand Naga by MittenNinja (this might be just the Naga, I'm not sure)Gremlin by A Yates IndustrialsGutbucket by Darcy BurgessHARBL by Soren RobertsHarrier MkII by DukaynHeavy Frame XVM-17 by XGundam05 (this is just the XVM series core that XGundam published a while back. The skeleton, basically)Hellcat G19 by edutyHi Leg 'Sue' G27 by edutyHigh Ball walker G27 S1 by edutyHigh Hand walker by Soren RobertsHigh Heel walker by Soren RobertsHopmate by A Yates IndustrialsHunk by DRevDIgor by Darkwing DonIguana by MittenNinjaIjad Behemoth by MRaichelsonJerboa by MRaichelsonKnight by OrangeKnightLaggar Delta by DukaynLandscript by MittenNinja (now with Soren/MalcomCraig lineage noted!)Marauder by milt69466McCoy XMF-91L by XGundam05Metalstorm by onosendai2600Mini-Frame by SquieuNeige: A Study in Zizy by zerovirusPaladin VMF09P Mass Production Model by gatlinggouf927Pamela OMF-G17 by eduty (this one was unnamed, so eduty kindly let me name this one after my wife! How awesome is that?!)Roller FU33 by SchoonRumble Monkey by Soren RobertsSally G25 by edutyScuttler by Soren RobertsSharpshooter by Soren RobertsShieldbearer MGN-311 by MalcolmCraig (I call it the Shieldbearer 'cause it describes the frame well. May change this in the released version)Sky Suit OMF-G14 S7 by edutySlammer MF by Soren RobertsSplatcat by RoboslobStiletto Crawler by Renel EbroStinger by Soren RobertsStormcrow by DukaynStride Ball G28 by edutyStumpy by WordmanTakafashii-C by SquieuTalent VTM01 by RoboslobWinmar STK-7 by DukaynZealot by Foghammer

Because neoaez put released a series of super-pro looking PDFs for his builds, and because I like them so much, I actually made a separate book of his work. It includes:

... so those will also be bundled if neoaez is cool with it! Counting these guys, the total right now is 67 individual frame instructions and over 400 pages. Wow.

And the following frames are on my to-do list:(most of them are lxf files I have to render down and edit, but some (like Foghammer's Hive Soldier) are PDFs that need to be reformatted to fit the rest of the 6x9 book)

Warthog by Mark Sakura303-B Ocelot Recon by FragsturbaitRF-15 Sicuro by FragsturbaitTiger by BlorfHawk by Blorf'Crown of Thorns' Samurai by zerovirus (taking me a while because it's complicated, but worth it I think!)ST3 Walker by Pippi ShortstackChapulin by Pippi ShortstackHive Soldier HK1390 by Foghammer (Needs heavy reformatting to match the rest of the 6x9 formatted book)Paladin Mk.IV Tyrant Custom VMF-09AC by gatlinggouf927 (most likely; might swap out for another model in the series)Hi Leg Variant: Hi arm by I don't know who but I'll find out(Gotta figure out who made this, it's somewhere on the forums)

If you have a frame build in LDD that you'd like to see bundled into this giant collection, just pm me or post a link here.

I wanna make a few disclaimers, so there are no misunderstandings or anything!

1)I'm not aiming for a comprehensive book. That would be madness. Instead, I'm trying to represent a wide variety of building styles. So sometimes I picked just one model from a particular series and just included that (like gatlinggouf927's Paladin for instance. I love them all, but just did the Mass Production Model for the book).

2)You'll notice that certain builders are featured heavily; don't read too much into this. Some of it is my personal building preferences, but mostly it's a matter of convenience. For instance, eduty posts LDD files for nearly every single one of his builds on flickr and I happen to love his style. So there's a lot of eduty builds represented.

3)I don't do breakdown shots; just step by step instructions via LDraw files. I'm not very good at actually building in LDraw yet, so even the most clear breakdown shot has not made it in the book.

4)Some of my most favorite designs or designers are actually not in here. It's because I can't get my hands on any LDraw files of their builds. If anyone wants to be included in the collection, hook me up with an LDraw and I'll do what I can!

5)If anyone does NOT want their work reshared, I will absolutely remove them from the collection, no questions asked. This was just gonna be my personal project book until I realized how useful it might be to other people here. I have no intention of doing anything with this PDF except sharing it on the forums here, and building kick-ass lego robots in my hobby room. But if you see your work here and are uncomfortable at all, just PM me or whatever and POOF, I'll remove it without any fuss or big deal. Cool?

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Let's play more frame detective! There's this little build, which I renamed the RollerGirl when I downloaded it and uh... have no idea where I found it.I think it's a Schoon creation but have no idea what the original name is supposed to be. Any idea on the true name of this frame?

Also, there's this guy which I've been calling a variant of Pippi Shortstack's Anvil. Is that true or did this one come first? Is this frame also by Pippi or did someone else make it? Does it have a real name of its own? My friend/opponent fields one of these and calls his "Handsy," which makes me laugh.ALSO ANSWERED!

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ruhe.bryan wrote:If I'm not mistaken, the Landscript was Malcolm Craig's innovation, and the Grand Naga was MittenNinja (Greg Strom).

Nope, the Landscript is MittenNinja's. The Naga started out as a reskin of Squieu's Takafashii frame then morphed into MittenNinja's own. The Stumpy is a Wordman creation.

To clarify, the Landscript was a blend by MittenNinja of Soren's Conscript and Malcolm Craig's Landmate, so his hand is still in the design somewhat.

Thank you Lowestformofwit, I find a frames' entire lineage to be very important, and I feel we are a better community when we keep track and give credit. I would also like to add a big thank you to Scrape! This is a wounderfull project that will be a huge boon to the community as a whole. Even expert builders will benefit from this by virtue of having more opponents with well built armies.

Scrape, have you seen my "list of frames," and "Mecha Frames instructions" pages. They are meager in comparison to what you are putting together, but they do list frames that have been adopted by the community as well as listing creators and lineage.

Let's play more frame detective! There's this little build, which I renamed the RollerGirl when I downloaded it and uh... have no idea where I found it. I think it's a Schoon creation but have no idea what the original name is supposed to be. Any idea on the true name of this frame?

That is Schoon's design. It'd be interesting to see a list of what you've compiled. And if you have PDF instructions I'm sure the community would be very interested in them.

I wanna make a few disclaimers first, so there are no misunderstandings or anything!

1)I'm not aiming for a comprehensive book. That would be madness. Instead, I'm trying to represent a wide variety of building styles. So sometimes I picked just one model from a particular series and just included that (like gatlinggouf927's Paladin for instance. I love them all, but just did the Mass Production Model for the book).

2)You'll notice that certain builders are featured heavily; don't read too much into this. Some of it is my personal building preferences, but mostly it's a matter of convenience. For instance, eduty posts LDD files for nearly every single one of his builds on flickr and I happen to love his style. So there's a lot of eduty builds represented.

3)I don't do breakdown shots; just step by step instructions via LDraw files. I'm not very good at actually building in LDraw yet, so even the most clear breakdown shot has not made it in the book.

4)Some of my most favorite designs or designers are actually not in here. It's because I can't get my hands on any LDraw files of their builds. If anyone wants to be included in the collection, hook me up with an LDraw and I'll do what I can!

5)If anyone does NOT want their work reshared, I will absolutely remove them from the collection, no questions asked. This was just gonna be my personal project book until I realized how useful it might be to other people here. I have no intention of doing anything with this PDF except sharing it on the forums here, and building kick-ass lego robots in my hobby room. But if you see your work here and are uncomfortable at all, just PM me or whatever and POOF, I'll remove it without any fuss or big deal. Cool?

Also, so you have an idea what this book looks like, here's a low-resolution sample page from the book (it's from eduty's Stride Ball). I take an lxf file, render it as html and print that to a multi-page PDF. Then I crop and edit those pages together in Photoshop or InDesign until they're concise little 4-8 page booklets that look much nicer than the ugly huge 30page PDF that spits out originally. Then I combine them into a massive bookmarked PDF, arranged alphabetically.

Like I said, it's... time-consuming. But the finished pages look something like this, not exactly beautiful but not too ugly and easy to follow, at least: